Beth Willard, Diana Rollan and David Williams tasted 97 wines, with 9 Excellent and 43 Extremely really useful.
Priorat crimson wines panel tasting scores
97 wines tasted
Distinctive 0
Excellent 9
Extremely really useful 43
Really helpful 39
Counseled 6
Truthful 0
Poor 0
Entry standards: producers and UK brokers had been invited to submit their latest-release Priorat reds, together with single varietal or blended wines
Just a few years in the past, I discovered myself with a free afternoon within the Priorat area of Catalonia in northeast Spain and set off on the again roads to lose myself (and all sense of course) in its rugged hills. Via the rolled-down home windows, the breeze carried the great scents of untamed flowers and sotobosque (garrigue) undergrowth and, whereas the summer time solar was harsh, at instances blinding, it step by step gave technique to the softer hues of a Mediterranean night: glowing, shimmering, a remaining heat embrace earlier than dusk.
Scroll right down to see tasting notes and scores from the Priorat crimson wines panel tasting
This Decanter tasting of Priorat wines dropped at thoughts that second in time and took the judging panel on a journey by means of the area’s assorted landscapes, its shiny and daring kinds in addition to its extra refined nuances and its distinctive Catalan character.
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Priorat reds panel tasting scores
The wines beneath all scored 92 factors or above
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The judges
Beth Willard is concerned in sourcing wines for each the on- and off-trade within the UK, with a specific deal with Spain and Jap Europe. Previously shopping for supervisor at Direct Wines, she is a DWWA joint Regional Chair for Spain, and a member of Spain’s Gran Orden de Caballeros del Vino.
Diana Rollan is group head of beverage for D&D London eating places group. A DWWA choose for Spain, she previously managed coaching and wine shopping for at Hakkasan Group as its UK head of wine.
David Williams is a daily contributor to Decanter on all issues Spanish. He’s additionally wine correspondent for The Observer, deputy editor of The World of Superb Wine, and a columnist for commerce journal The Wine Service provider.
